Peer Fischer

15.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
192 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Peer Fischer is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peer Fischer has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 63 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 54 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Peer Fischer's work include Micro and Nano Robotics (60 papers), Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (31 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (24 papers). Peer Fischer is often cited by papers focused on Micro and Nano Robotics (60 papers), Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (31 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (24 papers). Peer Fischer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Peer Fischer's co-authors include Ambarish Ghosh, Andrew G. Mark, Tian Qiu, Stefano Palagi, Kai Melde, John G. Gibbs, Tung‐Chun Lee, Hyeon‐Ho Jeong, Dhruv Singh and Mariana Alarcón‐Correa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Peer Fischer

186 papers receiving 11.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Controlled Propulsion of Artificial Magnetic Nanostructured Propellers

2009 1.0k citations Ambarish Ghosh, Peer Fischer profile →
The grand challenges of Science Robotics

2018 845 citations Guang‐Zhong Yang, Jim Bellingham et al. Science Robotics profile →
Structured light enables biomimetic swimming and versatile locomotion of photoresponsive soft microrobots

2016 824 citations Andrew G. Mark, Kai Melde et al. profile →
Holograms for acoustics

2016 686 citations Kai Melde, Andrew G. Mark et al. profile →
Bioinspired microrobots

2018 552 citations Peer Fischer et al. profile →
A swarm of slippery micropropellers penetrates the vitreous body of the eye

2018 454 citations Hyeon‐Ho Jeong, Sven Schnichels et al. Science Advances profile →
Swimming by reciprocal motion at low Reynolds number

2014 326 citations Tian Qiu, Andrew G. Mark et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peer Fischer Germany	49	7.3k	5.5k	3.2k	1.8k	1.7k	192	12.0k
Anna C. Balazs United States	62	4.5k 0.6×	2.4k 0.4×	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	400	18.0k
Diederik S. Wiersma Italy	60	5.0k 0.7×	2.0k 0.4×	2.8k 0.9×	8.0k 4.4×	2.1k 1.2×	225	15.7k
Stephan Herminghaus Germany	56	4.8k 0.7×	1.7k 0.3×	1.7k 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	979 0.6×	223	13.9k
Armand Ajdari France	64	12.1k 1.7×	1.9k 0.4×	1.2k 0.4×	2.1k 1.2×	631 0.4×	130	20.3k
Samuel Sánchez Germany	67	10.9k 1.5×	11.8k 2.1×	4.3k 1.3×	810 0.5×	378 0.2×	173	16.2k
Masao Doi Japan	64	5.4k 0.7×	1.9k 0.3×	1.8k 0.6×	2.8k 1.5×	1.7k 1.0×	320	22.6k
F. C. MacKintosh United States	74	6.1k 0.8×	2.1k 0.4×	1.8k 0.6×	4.4k 2.5×	342 0.2×	197	20.6k
George M. Whitesides United States	78	20.5k 2.8×	4.4k 0.8×	7.7k 2.4×	3.3k 1.8×	1.2k 0.7×	202	31.2k
Andreas R. Bausch Germany	59	3.9k 0.5×	2.3k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	2.3k 1.3×	429 0.3×	185	14.8k
Jiawen Li China	54	4.1k 0.6×	951 0.2×	1.5k 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	840 0.5×	388	9.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Peer Fischer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peer Fischer

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Chen, Shuqin, Donglei Fan, Peer Fischer, et al.. (2025). A roadmap for next-generation nanomotors. Nature Nanotechnology. 20(8). 990–1000. 7 indexed citations

Goyal, Rahul, et al.. (2025). All-optically controlled phased-array for ultrasonics. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8091–8091.

Caligiuri, Vincenzo, Yurii P. Ivanov, Massimo Cuscunà, et al.. (2025). Disordered plasmonic system with dense copper nano‐island morphology. Nanophotonics. 14(12). 2151–2160. 1 indexed citations

Storz, J., Philipp R. Esser, Stefan F. Martin, et al.. (2024). A new silicon phthalocyanine dye induces pyroptosis in prostate cancer cells during photoimmunotherapy. Bioactive Materials. 41. 537–552. 5 indexed citations

Kadiri, Vincent Mauricio, Rahul Goyal, José Hurst, et al.. (2024). Degradable and Biocompatible Magnesium Zinc Structures for Nanomedicine: Magnetically Actuated Liposome Microcarriers with Tunable Release. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(23). 9 indexed citations

Kim, Juhwan, et al.. (2023). Plasmonic Nanostructure Engineering with Shadow Growth (Adv. Mater. 34/2023). Advanced Materials. 35(34). 3 indexed citations

Jones, Robin R., Cornelia Miksch, Hyunah Kwon, et al.. (2023). Dense Arrays of Nanohelices: Raman Scattering from Achiral Molecules Reveals the Near‐Field Enhancements at Chiral Metasurfaces. Advanced Materials. 35(34). e2209282–e2209282. 25 indexed citations

Mark, Andrew G., et al.. (2023). Electron circular dichroism in hot electron emission from metallic nanohelix arrays. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 159(4). 1 indexed citations

Elibol, Kenan, et al.. (2023). Electron Beam Induced Circularly Polarized Light Emission of Chiral Gold Nanohelices. ACS Nano. 17(24). 25496–25506. 13 indexed citations

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Wu, Di, Diego Baresch, Colin A. Cook, et al.. (2023). Biomolecular actuators for genetically selective acoustic manipulation of cells. Science Advances. 9(8). eadd9186–eadd9186. 53 indexed citations

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Athanassiadis, Athanasios G., et al.. (2023). Multiplane Diffractive Acoustic Networks. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 70(5). 441–448. 6 indexed citations

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Alarcón‐Correa, Mariana, et al.. (2023). Platinum‐DNA Origami Hybrid Structures in Concentrated Hydrogen Peroxide. ChemPhysChem. 24(22). e202300294–e202300294.

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Athanassiadis, Athanasios G., et al.. (2023). Antibubbles Enable Tunable Payload Release with Low‐Intensity Ultrasound. Advanced Materials. 35(48). e2305296–e2305296. 18 indexed citations

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Majer, G., Daniel J. O’Leary, William S. Price, et al.. (2021). Following Molecular Mobility during Chemical Reactions: No Evidence for Active Propulsion. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(49). 20884–20890. 11 indexed citations

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Athanassiadis, Athanasios G., Zhichao Ma, Kai Melde, et al.. (2021). Ultrasound-Responsive Systems as Components for Smart Materials. Chemical Reviews. 122(5). 5165–5208. 194 indexed citations

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Kadiri, Vincent Mauricio, Rahul Goyal, Mariana Alarcón‐Correa, et al.. (2021). Light- and magnetically actuated FePt microswimmers. The European Physical Journal E. 44(6). 74–74. 19 indexed citations

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Ma, Zhichao, Kai Melde, Athanasios G. Athanassiadis, et al.. (2020). Spatial ultrasound modulation by digitally controlling microbubble arrays. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4537–4537. 104 indexed citations

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Yu, Tingting, Athanasios G. Athanassiadis, Mihail N. Popescu, et al.. (2020). Microchannels with Self-Pumping Walls. ACS Nano. 14(10). 13673–13680. 36 indexed citations

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Yu, Tingting, et al.. (2018). Chemical micromotors self-assemble and self-propel by spontaneous symmetry breaking. Chemical Communications. 54(84). 11933–11936. 46 indexed citations

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Yang, Guang‐Zhong, Jim Bellingham, Pierre E. Dupont, et al.. (2018). The grand challenges of Science Robotics. Science Robotics. 3(14). 845 indexed citations breakdown →

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